Visit a monkey in the tree of his life
He doesn't eat the fruit before it is ripe
When the sugar turns to alcohol
He shares his crop with one and all

The alcoholic tangerines are free
The alcoholic tangerines for you
The alcoholic tangerines for me

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

The Sperm Whale


There is something to being on the surface of it
Lashing about in the sun and waves
Forever buoyed like a porpoise among forests of kelp.

Many dolphins have orange dots on their foreheads
But flippers that cannot reach up and remove them.

I am not like them
I am a sperm whale and I rarely visit the surface

Forever compelled to dive yet further down
Into the dark cold recesses of the past

For in the depths of the past
Space opens anew and the stars which are below
Shine again in another light.

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